An interesting little aside - all Lugandan words end in a vowel.
Further to this, if there isn't a Lugandan word for something (e.g. the Internet) the English word is used and a vowel is added to it (i.e. the Interneti).
From my 'research' it seems that if the English word is an invention of the past two generations there won't be an authentic Lugandan equivalent and Ugandans will just add a vowel to the word.
Interestingly, a small number of English words (mostly the names of towns or cities) are not modified in any way but are kept in their English form.
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